Fíneamhain
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Fíneamhain is an Irish language
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given name
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Fíneamhain is a woman's name recorded in three instances in the 14th and 15th century Irish annals
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Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
female
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
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Fíneamhain is a woman's name recorded in three instances in the 14th and 15th century Irish annals
Irish annals
A number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century.Annals were originally a means by which monks determined the yearly chronology of feast days...
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Bearers of the name
- Fíneamhain Ní Eogain, died 1387.
- Fíneamhain Ní Manchain, died 1419.
- Fíneamhain Ní Tomais, died 1446.
External links
- http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Fineamhain.shtml